Don’t you just want to sometimes change something in the room without actually doing much? If so these quick interior makeover ideas will help you with that. While you could change your room color or shade in almost an instance for a makeover sometimes there are too little funds or time for dealing with the paint, covering every inch of the room to protect from the paint drop or spillage. So here are a few ways you could change you interior design considerably without spending a penny or much time.

Furniture Rearrangement

The way you arrange or rearrange furniture can make a big difference in the whole interior design. Since furniture is such a big part of home decor you may consider starting your makeover with rearranging it. The great thing about this is that you get to experiment a lot with the angles, arrangement and create the whole new atmosphere in the room.

Change of Lighting

Change the lighting position in the room. Swap light sources and add focus on areas that were hidden before. This will give your interior an instant makeover as the lighting plays a great part at highlighting and hiding objects. Thus you’ll be able to find a new light focus and create a different mood and atmosphere in the room.

Handmade

Handmade is great and handy when it comes to interior design and home decor. Recycle old junk, furniture, accessories and objects to create something new and add it as an accent and detail to your interior. You can sew new interesting pillow cases for your sofa’s throw pillows, redecorate the old curtains, and use patchwork to make a new coverlet for a room. If you are into art then creating a wall art of your own right on the wall or drawing a painting to hang on the wall can be not only great as a makeover for your interior but also as an outlet for your creativity.

Stylish and Sensible Storage

Kitchens are more than just where you prepare your meals. Nowadays, the kitchen is a command center, dining area, and the one room in the home where families spend the most time together. If you’re looking for a way to spruce up the space, and an overhaul isn’t in the budget, try one of these easy kitchen cabinet upgrades. You can brighten the room with a coat of cabinet paint, add handy storage features like a pull-out shelf or a free-standing island, or even build a window seat with stock cabinets—all with our help! Here are 9 of our top kitchen cabinet upgrades, along with step-by-step instructions chock full of pro tips, shopping lists, and tools lists to help you get the job done right.

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No Renovation Required

We consulted with closet-design pros from across the country to learn the secrets to creating the ultimate storage unit, no power tools required.

Double Up

You need to dedicate only two-thirds of your closet to hanging rods. To maximize that space, mount two of them—one well above eye level for longer garments and one a little more than 3 feet off the ground for shorter (or foldable) ones. Position both at least 1 foot from the back wall.

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Whether you rent or own, you probably want to put some art on the walls and spice up your space. You also probably want to do this without damaging the walls trying to hang the same photo five times or having it fall down over and over again. Here’s how to hang your art and posters the right way the first time without wrecking your walls in the process.

How you should hang art on the way depends largely on how heavy and large the poster or frame you want to put up actually is. Still, the key to hanging photos without killing your walls starts with planning, long before you put the first nail in the wall or drill the first hole.Photo by David Hunter.

Plan Ahead

Pick your space. If you don’t already know where you want to hang your art or posters, now’s the time to start looking and making sure that the space you want your art to hang is large enough to accommodate it. Also, make sure you’re not cramming so many frames, photos, and posters in such a small space that you can’t manage them or space them evenly. Photo by Robert Taylor.

Hang at eye-level. One design tip that will help you maximize the use of your wall space without losing sight of your art is to always hang your art at eye-level where you’ll be able to see them without having to crane your neck up or look down your nose to see what you’re hanging on the wall. If you don’t want to eyeball what “eye level” is, run a tape measure from the floor to the ceiling, and have someone else mark on the measure where your eyes naturally rest when you’re standing a foot or two away from the wall.

Get a stud finder. While you may not need to hang light posters in acrylic or plastic frames or photographs from a stud, if you do have an expensive piece in a heavy frame, you should know where the studs behind your walls are. Even if you don’t need your studs for your artwork, take a stud finder and mark-perhaps at the top of your wall where it meets the ceiling-where the studs are with a pencil. Then you’ll never need to worry again.

Mount the Hardware

Measure first. Make sure you mark off any places you need to hammer nails or drill holes for brackets before you try to hang the piece. Use a straight-edge, ruler, or level to make sure the sides are level before you actually hold the art up to the wall. Mark the center line (the halfway point between the bottom and the top of the art, which should also rest at eye-level,) the edges, and all the sides. When you’re finished, putting the art up should be like fitting a puzzle piece into a slot. Making sure you take the time to mark where the art will go first and that it’s level and spaced well from other pieces will save you from mounting a piece only to take it down and have to re-mount it somewhere else later.

Use the right tools. Picture hanging kits, easily available at most hardware and department stores, often have all the materials you need to hang most common frames on your walls. Light pieces like photos, movie posters, and other art will likely require just a nail, or a nail and a bracket or picture hanger (most light frames have a bracket on the back already.) Photo by Kevin Williamson.

If you’re facing something over 25lbs however, this is where you’ll be happy you marked the studs. Depending on how heavy the art is you may consider using a plastic wall anchor in the drywall, or solidly mounting the art in the stud using a mounting bracket. Don’t use drywall screws in wood, and don’t use wood screws in drywall – go to your local hardware store and find the type of picture hanger for the size and weight you’re dealing with. Using the wrong mounting brackets or tools will inevitably lead you to waking up in the middle of the night to the sound of your art crashing to the floor.

Use blank paper for dummy art. There’s no need to try and hold your art or frame up to the wall while simultaneously marking or drilling holes in it. Put the art on the floor, and lay notebook or construction paper around the edges, then tape the paper together so you have a large sheet that’s the same size as the piece you want to hang. Then use the sheet, now the same height and width as the art, as a guide that you can tape to the wall to mark your holes or even drill your holes through the hanging paper without worrying if you’re in the right spot.

Mount the Art

Once you’ve measured, centered, and mounted your hardware, placing the art on the wall should be a simple task, and you shouldn’t have to spend too much time tilting the art to make sure it’s level. You can save the paint on your walls from scuffs and scratches though by adding small adhesive bits of felt to the corners or bottom of the frame where it’s in direct contact with the wall. If you don’t have anything like that, a bit of post-it note or masking tape will work too: anything to keep the frame from scraping against the wall directly. Photo by Horia Varlan.

Bonus Tip: Use Disposable Hooks

3M’s Command line of plastic and metal hooks also work well to hang light pieces of art and posters from drywall or concrete, without the need for drills or nails. Apartment dwellers in rental units, college students, or anyone else who’s technically prohibited from hammering or drilling will find them especially useful. The adhesive strips that come with Command hooks go on easily, cure quickly, and remove without damaging the walls (in most cases,) which is a huge benefit if you like to change out the art on your walls frequently, or just don’t want to risk drilling or hammering nails into them.

The trouble with these kinds of disposable hooks, Velcro strips, and other mounting strips is that they’re generally rated for very light objects. If you have small, light plastic or acrylic frames with photos or printed posters in them, they’ll work well. If you have a solid wood frame or oversized pieces of art, they may hold for a few days, but your art will come clattering down unless you use three or four hooks to hold it up.

Hanging a picture shouldn’t have to be so hard that you’re worried about damaging your walls in the process. With a little preparation, you can do it right the first time and hang your artwork easily, without ending up with multiple nail-holes in your wall that you subsequently have to patch up or cover with the art you hung.

What are some of your best art and photo-hanging tips? How do you decorate your walls without wrecking them? Share your tips in the comments below.